Wyoming State > Laramie County Edward W. Lane

Edward Wallace Lane

Coxswain, U.S. Navy

Service # 3721156
Assigned to the USS Arizona, BB-39
Died on December 7, 1941
Awards: Purple Heart
His Remains Were Not Recovered

Next of Kin Notified: Mother
Mrs. Lillian Louise Robertson
115 W 3rd Ave., Cheyenne Wyoming

COX Edward W. Lane entered the US Navy from Wyoming
and his loss is recorded in the State Summary of War Casualties, page 2,
published by the US Navy in 1946.

His name is engraved on the
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii,
and on the USS Arizona Memorial that straddles the sunken hull.

He is listed as Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

Arizona Memorial Dedication Plaque

Dedicated
To The Eternal Memory
Of Our Gallant Shipmates
In the USS Arizona
Who Gave Their Lives In Action
7 December 1941

"FROM TODAY ON THE USS ARIZONA
WILL AGAIN FLY OUR COUNTRY'S FLAG
JUST AS PROUDLY AS SHE DID ON THE
MORNING OF 7 DECEMBER 1941.

I AM SURE THE ARIZONA'S CREW WILL
KNOW AND APRECIATE WHAT WE ARE
DOING" ADMIRAL A. W. RADFORD, USN
7 MARCH 1950

MAY GOD MAKE HIS FACE
TO SHINE UPON THEM AND
GRANT THEM PEACE

Wyoming State > Laramie County Edward W. Lane